generally yes which is why youre being downvoted but in this situation kramer went way further than he ever needed to and it seemed the other guy calling him a cracker ass motherfucker was just out of initial reaction embarrassment and shock kramer just humiliated him by calling him a nigger in front of a crowd of people so hes responding on pure impulse in no way does it justify him responding like that you know an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind but you have to see where hes coming from